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. 2021 Feb 22;18(4):2110.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph18042110.

Science Mapping Analysis of COVID-19 Articles Published in Dental Journals

Parisa Soltani  1 , Kimia Baghaei  2 , Kioumars Tavakoli Tafti  2 , Gianrico Spagnuolo  3
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Science Mapping Analysis of COVID-19 Articles Published in Dental Journals

Parisa Soltani et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is an ongoing global health crisis with unmatched outcomes and effects. This pandemic has caused an infodemic of article publication in scientific journals. Dental journals have been active in the publication of COVID-19 related articles from the beginning of the pandemic. In this cross-sectional survey, we present an analysis of the scientific output of dental journals on COVID-19. The PubMed COVID-19 database was searched with the "Dental Journals" filter. Data including journal name, country, month of publication and number of citations were recorded. Science mapping analysis of the most used keywords was also performed. The search retrieved a total of 659 articles, of which 28 were excluded. Oral Diseases has published the most COVID-19 articles (15.1%), followed by the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (8.6%) and the Journal of Dental Education (7.9%). Most of the articles were from researchers from the United States (168), United Kingdom (120) and Brazil (83). The number of citations of the published articles ranged from 0 to 406, with most articles (64.2%) having no citations. Science Mapping analysis revealed that the most used keywords were coronavirus infections, pandemics and humans. The dental community has been active in the publication of COVID-19 articles from the beginning of the pandemic. The papers published by dental journals explore issues such as the management of clinical practices during the outbreak, infection control in the dental setting, signs and symptoms of COVID-19 affecting the oral cavity, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on educational and clinical programs.

Keywords: COVID-19; PubMed; SARS-COV-2; dental articles; dentistry.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

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Figure 1
Flow diagram of the articles analyzed in the study.
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Figure 2
Dental journals with the highest number of COVID-19 articles.
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Figure 3
Frequency of PubMed citations.
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Figure 4
Frequency of articles published in different months.
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Figure 5
Network visualization of the keywords showing 60 nodes and 8 clusters.
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